Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain

Tribune file photo

Tortured genius Cobain ushered in a new era in rock in the early '90s with his band Nirvana. But fame was never his intention, and it seemed to add to Cobain's suffering, brought on by depression, chronic bronchitis, heroin addiction and intense stomach pains whose cause was never diagnosed. He died at 27 of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

Tortured genius Cobain ushered in a new era in rock in the early '90s with his band Nirvana. But fame was never his intention, and it seemed to add to Cobain's suffering, brought on by depression, chronic bronchitis, heroin addiction and intense stomach pains whose cause was never diagnosed. He died at 27 of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. (Tribune file photo)

Tortured genius Cobain ushered in a new era in rock in the early '90s with his band Nirvana. But fame was never his intention, and it seemed to add to Cobain's suffering, brought on by depression, chronic bronchitis, heroin addiction and intense stomach pains whose cause was never diagnosed. He died at 27 of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.